How to format your references using the EPJ Data Science citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for EPJ Data Science. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Find the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

Goroff DL (2015) Information access. Balancing privacy versus accuracy in research protocols. Science 347:479–480

A journal article with 2 authors

Altshuler JS, Altshuler D (2004) Organizational challenges in clinical genomic research. Nature 429:478–481

A journal article with 3 authors

Amselem E, Sadiq M, Bourennane M (2013) Experimental bound entanglement through a Pauli channel. Sci Rep 3:1966

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Foley JA, Ramankutty N, Brauman KA, et al (2011) Solutions for a cultivated planet. Nature 478:337–342

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

Allen M (2015) Foundations of Forensic Document Analysis. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK

An edited book

Gatignon H (2016) Making Innovation Last: Volume 1: Sustainable Strategies for Long Term Growth. Palgrave Macmillan UK, London

A chapter in an edited book

Grange T, Lourenço EE (2011) Mechanisms of Epigenetic Gene Activation in Disease: Dynamics of DNA Methylation and Demethylation. In: Roach HI, Bronner F, Oreffo ROC (eds) Epigenetic Aspects of Chronic Diseases. Springer, London, pp 55–73

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for EPJ Data Science.

Blog post

Andrews R (2017) Did A Mysterious Asteroid Impact Wipe Out Prehistoric Native Americans? In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/mytserious-asteroid-impact-wipe-out-prehistoric-native-americans/. Accessed 30 Oct 2018

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

Government Accountability Office (1986) Telephone Communications: Bypass of the Local Telephone Companies. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

Shirley A (2012) Connecting foster children with their siblings within a summer camp setting: A grant proposal. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

Kanter J (2017) Split, Then Talk Trade, Europe Tells the British. New York Times A8

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [1].
This sentence cites two references [1, 2].
This sentence cites four references [1–4].

About the journal

Full journal title	EPJ Data Science
Abbreviation	EPJ Data Sci.
ISSN (online)	2193-1127
Scope